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LIJEPA NASHA DOMOVINO (OUR BEAUTIFUL HOMELAND)

LIJEPA NASHA DOMOVINO (OUR BEAUTIFUL HOMELAND
OJ JUNACKA ZEMLJO MILA. OH, LAND OF HEROES!
STARE SLAVE DJEDOVINO FATHERLAND OF OLD, DEAR TRADITIONS
DA BI VAZDA SRETNA BILA! FOREVER FORTUNATE MAY YOU BE!
MILA KANO SI NAM SLAVNA DEAR TO US ARE YOUR CELEBRATED
MILA SI NAM TI JEDINA REGIONS. YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE DEAR
MILA KUDA SI NAM RAVNA TO US. ALSO DEAR ARE YOUR WONDROUS
MILA KUDA SI PLANINA. PLAINS. DEARER STILL YOUR FORESTS
AND MOUNTAINS.

Submitter comment: THE LANGUAGE IS SERBO-CROATIAN, A BRANCH OF SOUTH SLAVIC
THIS IS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF CROATIA.

Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO

Keyword(s): TAMBURITZA

James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; PATRIOTISM

Subject headings:

Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Admiration Praise Adulation

Date learned: 00-00-1977